Schools

How robots are helping anxious pupils go back to school

Schools are now using the AV1 devices as part of their attendance strategy

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Covid

Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs

Committee warns pandemic will 'entrench disadvantage' without further intervention from government

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

GPs should help ‘risk-averse’ parents send kids back to school, says Ofsted

In evidence to the Education Committee's persistent absence inquiry, Ofsted said GPs and pharmacies could help parents 'get the...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Almost 2 in 5 poorer pupils were persistently absent last year

Children eligible for free school meals were more than twice as likely to miss 10 per cent or more...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Illness drives stubbornly high persistent absence

Around a quarter of pupils have missed 10 per cent or more sessions since September

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Evidence not needed for short mental health absence, says DfE

Government says GPs are 'unlikely to be able to offer such evidence to support one-off absences related to mental...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

MPs launch inquiry into persistent school absence

Education committee intervenes after persistent absence soared to 23.5 per cent post-pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

29 areas vie for spots on council academy trust pilot

Only a third of councils which applied are likely to be able to join the pilot launching their own...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE adviser calls for dozens of attendance hubs

Trust CEO Rob Tarn wants DfE funding so other schools can follow North Shore Academy's lead in launching attendance...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger